the concert is a collab with Discreet Editions
performed by Lucie Nezri:
'ida for amy' (2017) by Michael Winter (Dutch premiere)
'en abyme' (2015) by Melaine Dalibert (Dutch premiere)
performed by Lucie Nezri and Clara de Asís:
'for siblings (tempered)' (2023), composed by Lucie Nezri with Clara de Asís on the guitar and Lucie on the piano.
performed by Clara de Asís:
‘Pillar of Salt' (2023) (Dutch premiere)
'for siblings (tempered)' is the first outcome of a long-term ongoing research revolving around Maghrebin-Andalusian classical music, specifically from Morocco and Algeria where my father's family is from. My initial wish for this research was to loosely integrate tuning systems, modes, as well as melodic and rhythmic patterns of Maghrebin-Andalusian music into my own practice, which is already grounded in rational tuning, algorithmic/probabilistic methods of composition, and open-form scores. My standpoint stems from a deeply personal yet rootless and rather abstract perspective. As a result, and necessarily, the piece 'for siblings (tempered)' ended up being distant from its original source of inspiration.
'Pillar of Salt' is a composition for idiophones, bells and electronics.From an audible account on ambiguity, it explores the potentiality of microtonal intervals, spectral blending and timbral affinity to articulate different levels of synergy, reciprocity and confusion between acoustic and electronic material in the physical and the psychoacoustic space.
The structure of the piece unfolds from a simple pattern up to accidental states with different levels of contingency. It juxtaposes compositional precision to systemic randomness.
about the artists:
Lucie Nezri is a composer, artist, and performer born in Hyères (FR) and currently based in Den Haag (NL).
Nezri is drawn toward abstraction and simplicity. Her work bridges different contexts and disciplines pertaining to musical composition, tuning theory, musicology, computer science, and, at times, choreography. Her pieces combine algorithmic techniques of composition based on probabilities, and a care for harmony. She is especially interested in exploring/making different versions of her pieces and in reconstructing algorithmic pieces made by others, as a means to understand and view these works from multiple angles. Last but not least, she considers music primarily as an experience to be shared and composes her pieces as invitations to 'play' and dedicated to loved ones.
She holds a Bachelor's and a Master's from the Institute of Sonology (Royal Conservatory of the Hague NL). Her works have been performed in a diversity of venues such as OSCII (Amsterdam), GRM (Paris), Orgelpark (Amsterdam), Abbaye de Royaumont (Paris), GMEA (Albi), Studio Loos, (Den Haag), PAS (Berlin), GIT (Riga). Since September 2022, Nezri has been a research associate at the Institute of Sonology and coordinated the festival Echonance at Orgelpark since 2023. She closely collaborates with the composers/musicians Clara de Asís, Edgars Rubenis, Michael Winter, and Nirantar Yakthumba.
Clara de Asís (b. 1988, Spain) is a composer and artist who explores the nexus of acoustics, spatiality and auditory perception in the field of electronic and contemporary experimental music, using sound as a vehicle to investigate wider socio-cultural constructs. She incorporates sound synthesis to idiosyncratic combinations of diverse materials, found objects and traditional instrumentation. Her compositions juxtapose structural precision to areas of indeterminacy, drawing from an interest in tuning, timbral research and the junction of rational and intuitive systems.
De Asís has performed extensively across Europe, the United States and South America; and has been an artist-in-residence at Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago), Tsonami (Valparaíso), Q-O2 (Brussels) and Elektronmusikstudion EMS (Stockholm), among others. Her music is published on labels such as Another Timbre (UK), Elsewhere (US), Marginal Frequency (US), Pilgrim Talk (US), Blank Mind (UK), Erstwhile (US).
As a curator and artistic director, she works independently and within international music organizations, and runs the publishing platform Discreet Editions. She has pursued formal studies in Audiovisual Media Art (University of Sevilla) and Electroacoustic Music Composition (Cité de la Musique / National Conservatory in Marseille), and is currently engaging in academic artistic research at the Institute of Sonology / Royal Conservatory of The Hague.